People need to remember that Defiance is TRANSMEDIA

[Valethar]

That's assuming there is a long term plan.
In my little brain, this dlc argues strongly against that idea.
Seems more like a colander under a leaky roof to me.

Fixed that pesky typo for you.

[Bonehead]

Do you misunderstand the word "almost"?

Almost monthly might work if you were being generous.
Almost weekly seems delusional.

[Bonehead]

Fixed that pesky typo for you.

Okay that was funny.

[melkathi]

I was very satisfied with the episodic content. True, some "content" like Most Wanted kill 100 players in PvP did not truly qualify to be called content, but overal, the frequency and quality were at a level I enjoyed.
What I would have expected of DLC is to give non-purchasers the same quality and quantity of a proper bit of episodic content and those who purchased it something more. Or the other way round.
Arkbreaker is the best way to illustrate it for me:
I would have liked Volge sieges and emergencies to be the free content of a Volge DLC, with a proper storyline (something juat slightly longer than the Arkbreaker mission) for those who own the DLC to tie it all together. I like the parts leading up to the final arkbreaker mission. Now I would have prefered that final mission to have had a length closer to that of the final afflicted instance. Instead of being just an introduction to Volge weapons I would have prefered it to be a sneak peak at the Warmaster: the Arkhunter delves deeper into the Arkbreak on their own, is confronted with the Warmaster and barely manages to escape alive, but will return with back-up (queue the group content).
All the while understanding that allowing palyers who do not own the DLC into Arkbreaks has the benefit of making it easier to fill the isntance and get the necessary numbers to bring the beast down.

I would also have enjoyed it if some of the Echelon or E-rep roadside emergencies, when spawning, checked for proximity of players with the Castithan DLC and had a 1 in 50 or so chance of generating an alternate version with Thorn Liro npcs instead, to make that faction just a tiny bit more than two cut scenes.

Ah well...

[crasher]

Transmedia? You mean they have bewbs and a weener?

I want no part of that.

This is what he's referring to?

It was released a few weeks after DEFI.
Maybe it was released way too early in the cycle?

[Blondin]

Apologetics (from Greek ἀπολογία, "speaking in defense") is the discipline of defending a position (often religious) through the systematic use of information.

See also: Denialism

You can also see "pathetic"...

[squidgod2000]

yet these people simply do not remember that Defiance lore is transmedia - we have the show, this site and various others that put out information from the Defiance universe.

Don't get me wrong, it sucks if its true that we get no new mission, of course it does, but complaining about a lack of story is simply wrong.

When people complain about lack of story, they're talking about missions--in-game content--not lore. We've already established that the lore is meaningless to Trion (as evidenced by ignoring all of it and creating moose-riding Canadian alien samurai.

[bigguy]

people are not upset about the story but the fact that buying the dlc only gets you an outfit

[dramaQkarri]

people are not upset about the story but the fact that buying the dlc only gets you an outfit

Well, yeah. So this post trying to defend Trion just makes no sense to me. Why bother. I don't see Trion defending this DLC 3 in any way, as if they really think they're fooling us into believing it's actually worth $10. We want to play a game that gives us something to do and if all we do is the same stuff over and over again, eventually we'll all go away and do something else! That's it and that's all. The end is inevitable, just a matter of when. I predict around June when Destiny is released, at least for us PS3 players.

[Manstan]

People have been predicting the demise of LOTRO as long as I have been playing. It's common for people to predict the gloom and doom of a game; I'm one. This game will run as long as it makes enough money to keep the servers operating.

Now this is the first game I have played that was actually connect to a TV series, and some what backed by the company producing that series. I finished watching season 1 and to tell you the truth it wasn't that good. They ended the series on a cliff hanger while doing their damnedest to wrap up other plots. If the writing and directing of the series doesn't improve drastically in season 2 there wont be a season 3. Which would mean SyFy pulling the plug on this. Or at least dropping the backing of it. I doubt this game makes enough to stay afloat with out syfy's backing.

But that is all theoretical. No one can actually predict what is going to happen in the future, that is why most people are concerned about this games present. We can only guess what is going to happen based on what has happened in the past. And this games past does not bode well for it's future.